Flag at JoDean's

Lucy, Uncle Bev, Mary Lee & Phil

This picture includes Lucy's cousin Mary Lee and her husband Phil. Mary Lee is Uncle Bev's daughter, and they help him out when he needs it. They directed us to JoDean's for dinner. Quite a good buffet.

Draw Bridge 2

Draw Bridge 1

This is an interesting bridge that brings Hiway 81 into Yankton from the south, crossing over the Missouri River. There is one lane on top coming into town, and one lane on bottom leaving. Obviously they need to raise it occasionally.

Creek Reflection

April 25, 2007

The Missouri River

Captain Marsh

This statue is the local riverfront park. Capt Marsh ran boats for Mr Coulson. Russell of the Captain's Inn is "irked" because the town has chosen to honor Marsh, when the guy who built his house isn't so recognized.

The Captain's Inn : Yankton, SD

This is the bed & breakfast where we stayed in Yankton. Very cool old house with some history. It was built by a guy named Coulson somewhere around the mid-late 1800's. The Missouri River flows nearby and he ran about 12 steamships between St Louis and Montana. The area's first millionaire as per Russell, the owner/operator of the Captain's Inn.

April 23, 2007

Uncle Bev and Lucy

This is my favorite picture from our trip to Yankton, SD. My wife Lucy is on
the right and her 100-year-old Uncle Bev is on the left. Bev is still pretty
sharp and takes care of himself for the most part. He appreciated our visit
and we are sure glad we went. I'm honored to have met him.

Stoney Creek Hallway

This was a good motel. A hunting lodgeish theme. Cutouts of moose
everywhere. Quite comfy and clean however. We had just rejected two
different rooms at the Ramada for smelling like overfull day-old ashtrays,
so Stoney Creek was great discovery.

Red Sox Dugout

The Dice-K Kids

This is a group of Japanese teenagers, who presumably traveled all the way to Kansas City from Japan, just so they could watch Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch. He struck out ten over 7 innings so I guess it's worth it if you into that sort of thing. These kids were into it. They were chanting "Dice-K" while posing for the fascinated Americans. You never saw so many phonecams.